LibriVox recording of Theodore Winthrop: A Civil War Narrative Aborted By Death by Theodore Winthrop. Read in English by David Wales Theodore Winthrop (1828 – 1861) was a charismatic writer, lawyer, and world traveler. In the New York Seventh Regiment, he was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War. He wrote two articles for The Atlantic Monthly, the first of an intended series on the nascent civil war. He was killed in the Battle Of Big Bethel in June 1861 before he...
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LibriVox recording of State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868) by Various. Read in English by garybclayton; Hamlet; Beau Wood; realisticspeakers; Pete McElveen The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows the President to outline his legislative agenda (for which he...
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LibriVox recording of How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion by George Wilbur Peck. Read in English by Arnold A series of U.S. Civil War adventures or incidents experienced and enhanced (or created) by humorist George W. Peck. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. He had a wry sense of humor and sympathy for underdogs. ( Arnold Banner) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if...
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LibriVox recording of The Last Three Soldiers by William Henry Shelton. Read in English by David Wales What if the Confederacy had won the American Civil War? It’s July 1864 and three oh-so-young Union troopers are assigned to a mountaintop in Tennessee to be a link in a chain of flag signalers across a ridge of mountains. They encounter a dizzying gorge with a rickety bridge, bears, aching heartache, freezing cold, avalanche, bats, skeletons, deserted cabins, puzzling mysteries, starvation,...
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A short audio promo for the Librivox audio book version of "The First Battle of Bull Run" by General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
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LibriVox recording of Order Number 11 by Caroline Abbot Stanley. Read in English by Librivox volunteers. General Order No. 11 has been issued by Union General Thomas Ewing in 1863. The goal was to deprive pro-Confederates in western Missouri of power and resources. The consequences are far reaching, still affecting the four counties until this very day. The novel, Order No. 11, A Tale Of The Border, tells about the order through the eyes of people who, with little choice, had to leave behind...
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LibriVox recording of The Aged Stranger, by Francis Bret Harte. LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Aged Stranger by Francis Bret Harte. This was the fortnightly poetry project for December 28th, 2008. r information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (13MB)
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LibriVox recording of Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War by Various. Read in English by Niki Myers; Ed Humpal; realisticspeakers; KHand; T.K. Andersen; Kalynda; Larry Wilson; Chris Pyle; Greg Giordano; MaryAnnS This volume is a fascinating reflection on the Civil War years from a perspective in 1908, when many Civil War veterans were still alive, when the wounds to North and South were still fresh, and when no event more cataclysmic had struck the Republic than a Civil War that...
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LibriVox recording of My Hunt After 'The Captain', by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Read by David Wales. Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1862. Holmes, Sr. (1809 -1894) was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. He was regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast...
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LibriVox recording of The Court and Character of King James whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King Charles: Continued unto the Beginning of These Unhappy Times: with Some Observations upon Him Instead of a Character by Anthony Weldon. Read in English by Patrick Wallace Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier of years of experience and standing; his account of court intrigues around the Stuart...
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LibriVox recording of The Scouts of Stonewall, by Joseph A. Altsheler. In this third book of Joseph Altsheler's Civil War series, Harry Kenton, a lieutenant in the Southern Army, is on scout patrol in the Shenandoah Valley. He has attracted the notice of the great General Stonewall Jackson after his regiment, the Invincibles of South Carolina, suffered great losses at the Battle of Bull Run. As the war continues, Harry meets each challenge that he faces with his close friends and fellow...
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LibriVox recording of A Minor War History by Martin Alonzo Haynes. Read in English by KevinS; Andrew Gaunce; issamel; John; Ciufi Galeazzi; Shriya; Frank249942; jenno; Paul Hampton; Sawyer Rewis; Rebecca Brown A personal history of the American Civil War taken from the author's own letters to 'the girl he left behind', who later became his wife. This is not a complete history and does not deal with major events, but is a snapshot of life in the Second New Hampshire Regiment and humanizes the...
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LibriVox recording of The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page. Read in English by Mark F. Smith This is a book of short stories centered around the Civil War and its aftermath. The author was a prominent Virginian in his day, and his writing shows a talent for poignant reminiscences. The title comes from the second story, in which an artillery unit detached from Lee's army determines to follow their last orders - not to let their cannons fall into Union hands - despite Lee's surrender and...
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LibriVox recording of A Lincoln Conscript by Homer Greene. Read in English by KevinS A heartwarming novel which visits the last two years of the American Civil War. The center of the story is the conflict of emotions and deeds between a father and son who hold opposing views of the conflict and the surprising role that President Lincoln plays in wishing to reconcile the two. A novel of both pathos and rejoicing. - Summary by KevinS For further information, including links to online text, reader...
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LibriVox recording of American Civil War Collection, Volume 1 by Various. Read in English by John Stamper; Jennifer Dorr; Ben Adams; Malcolm Reynolds; William A Crenshaw; Jothi Tharavant; and Suzanne Huron. Compilation of American Civil War related poems and short works of literature. Summary by Bill2147 For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For...
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LibriVox recording of Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland by Frederick Herman Tilberg. Read in English by David Wales The American Civil War battle at Antietam, Maryland,(called Sharpsburg by the Confederacy) on 17 September 1862, has been called the bloodiest day of that conflict. Confederate General Lee’s invasion of the North was repulsed, and when the fighting ended, the course of the Civil War had been greatly altered. This victory by the North moved President Abraham Lincoln to...
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LibriVox recording of Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman. Read in English by Expatriate Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. This collection is a direct response to Whitman's personal observations of the Civil War, many of which come from his volunteer efforts in wartime hospitals. Despite the miseries of war described, Whitman's poems in Drum Taps assert a steady patriotism in favor of Lincoln's war effort. Interestingly, the 1915 edition...
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LibriVox recording of Авантюристы гражданской войны by A. Vetlugin. Read in Russian by Mark Chulsky Military history essays of WWI and Russian Civil War, lesser known episodes. A.Vetlugin (a.k.a. Voldemar Ryndzune) became an adventurer himself in his early 20s, he knew what he was writing about. A.Ветлугин (Владимир Рындзюн) был участником Гражданской войны. Его наблюдательность и частые...
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LibriVox recording of Ледяной поход (Ice March) by Roman Gul. Read in Russian by Mark Chulsky Роман Гуль «Ледяной поход (С Корниловым)». Воспоминания о первом походе Добровольческой армии генерала Корнилова на Кубань, её движении с боями от Ростова-на-Дону к Екатеринодару и обратно на Дон во время...
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LibriVox recording of War Stories for My Grandchildren by John Watson Foster. Read in English by Lynne T; DrPGould; Nelson Hay; Chris A. Hawkins; jenno; Robert Robinson; MaryAnn; H.K. Virgil; RonBroach After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than rely on his memory, he conducted research for accuracy. He served as a colonel for the Union Army during the American Civil War and later went on to serve as...
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LibriVox recording of The Shades of the Wilderness by Joseph A. Altsheler. Read in English by Michael Packard; Lynne Thompson; Denise Nordell; Mike Pelton "The Shades of the Wilderness" is the seventh book of the Civil War Series by Joseph A. Altsheler. Picking up where "The Star of Gettysburg" left off, this story continues the Civil War experiences of Harry Kenton and his friends in the Southern army, from the retreat after Gettygurg, to Richmond, and then through the...
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LibriVox recording of A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce. Read in English by William A Crenshaw; BettyB Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his life without question. The second is about a soldier who falls asleep on guard duty. A mistake punishable by death in Civil War times. - Summary by Bill2147 For further information, including links to online text, reader...
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LibriVox recording of Songs of the Silent World, and Other Poems by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Read in English by Sonia; larryhayes7; Mayah; Lilian Elizabeth; Larry Wilson; Eva Davis; Jason in Panama; Amy Gramour; Kathleen Moore This is a volume of poetry by American poet and feminist social reformer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Many of the poems in this volume reflect the ideas Phelps advocated during her life, and are meant to encourage the reader to entertain them. - Summary by Carolin For further...
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LibriVox recording of The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. Altsheler. Read in English by Michael Packard; Natalie Paula; Mike Pelton; Daniel H; KHand; Patrick Martin; Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan "The Tree of Appomattox" concludes the series of connected romances dealing with the Civil War, begun in "The Guns of Bull Run," and continued successively through "The Guns of Shiloh," "The Scouts of Stonewall," "The Sword of Antietam," "The Star of...
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LibriVox recording of Civil War Women, North And South by Charlotte St. Julien Ravenel; Cora Mitchel. Read in English by David Wales This recording comprises two narratives. One is by Cora Mitchel who in 1861 was a girl in her mid-teens. Her Unionist family escaped the Confederacy from their home in south Georgia to Rhode Island. This is her story written about 1916. The second narrative is by Charlotte St. Julien Ravenel of South Carolina, a contemporary journal written in the closing months...
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LibriVox recording of Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania by Frederick Herman Tilberg. Read in English by David Wales On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American history. For 3 days, from July 1 to 3, 1863, a gigantic struggle between 75,000 Confederates and 88,000 Union troops raged about the town and left 51,000 casualties in its wake. Heroic deeds were numerous on both sides, climaxed by...
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LibriVox recording of Campaigning With Grant by Horace Porter. Read in English by David Wales In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armies of the North. This lively memoir was written from the extensive notes he took during that time. It is highly regarded by later historians. Porter continued in that position with Grant to 1869. From 1869 to 1872 he served Grant as personal secretary in the White...
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LibriVox recording of Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi by William C. Everhart. Read in English by David Wales In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, who as a result was promoted by President Lincoln to command of all the North’s military forces. Historian James M. McPherson called Vicksburg “The most brilliant and innovative campaign of the Civil War.” A U.S....
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LibriVox recording of Selected Uncle Abner Mysteries by Melville Davisson Post. Read in English by Winston Tharp Fourteen mysteries from the pages of the Saturday Evening Post, the Metropolitan, Red Book, and Pictorial Review magazines featuring Uncle Abner, who solves crimes in the pre-Civil War West Virginia hill country. His weapons are keen observation, logic, and a fundamentalist’s belief in the victory of good over evil. Post’s historical mysteries have been favorably compared to...
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LibriVox recording of Village Life in America by Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B...
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LibriVox recording of Two Diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February - May, 1865 by Susan R. Jervey; Charlotte St. Julien Ravenel; Mary Rhodes Henagan (Waring). Read in English by David Wales Two diaries from Middle St. John’s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February – May, 1865. Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlotte St. Julien Ravenel, at Northampton and Poooshee Plantations, and reminiscences of Mrs. (Waring) Henagan. With two contemporary reports...
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LibriVox recording of Nurse and Spy in the Union Army by Sarah Emma Edmonds. Read in English by TriciaG The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on the field and participated in numerous battles—among which are the first and second Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, the Seven days in front of Richmond, Antietam, and Fredericksburg—serving in the capacity of “Spy” and as “Field Nurse”...
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LibriVox recording of Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith by W. S. Gilbert. Read in English by ToddHW; Alan Mapstone; Larry Wilson; Son of the Exiles; Sonia; David Purdy; Adrian Stephens; Andrew James; Tomas Peter; Jenn Broda A drama from the Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan. Pursued by the Parliamentary Army after the Battle of Worcester, some Royalist soldiers take cover in Dan'l Druce's hut on the Norfolk Coast until they can escape. An event with long shadows that come back to disturb his life fourteen...
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LibriVox recording of Custer , and Other Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Read in English by Kathleen Flanary; Sonia; Jude; Jael Baldwin; Michele Fry; Greg Giordano This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The final poem of this volume is an epic narrative poem glorifying the life and deeds of George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), who served in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. - Summary by Carolin For further information, including links to online text, reader...
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LibriVox recording of Herndon's Lincoln by William H. Herndon and Jesse William Weik. A biography of Abraham Lincoln by his long-time law partner, William Herndon and Herndon's collaborator, Jesse Weik. The book is notable for its extensive use of first hand interviews (unusual for its time) and for Herndon's overriding determination to convey an affectionate but frank picture of his law partner's life story and career as remembered by Lincoln's family, friends, associates and neighbors. The...
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LibriVox recording of The Causes Of The American Civil War by John Lothrop Motley. Read in English by David Wales John Lothrop Motley (1814 – 1877) was an American author and popular diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. In 1861, just after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Motley wrote two letters to The Times defending the Federal position, and these letters, afterwards reprinted as [this] pamphlet entitled...
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LibriVox recording of Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War , by Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts. Read by FNH. While claiming to be historical papers on the causes of the United States Civil War, the author indulges in some Slavery Apologetics. An interesting view from a southern lady on what caused the war and why the south was the underdog. (Summary by FNH) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available),...
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LibriVox recording of St. Elmo by Augusta Jane Evans. Read in English by Jim Locke Written in prose and full of references to religion and mythology, this book tells the love story between St. Elmo and Edna. He is cynical and worldly, she is as beautiful as a nymph. The book was very popular during the 19th century and inspired movies and plays. It is even claimed that Rhett Butler from Gone With The Wind was inspired by St. Elmo Murray. - Summary by Stav Nisser. For further information,...
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LibriVox recording of The Guns of Bull Run by Joseph A. Altsheler. Read in English by Al Rocca; Bill Yallalee; Jonathan Brubaker; Lynne Thompson; Marty; Michael Packard; WoollyBee The first volume in the Civil War series, following the adventures of Harry Kenton, who leaves his home in Kentucky. He travels through dangerous territory to South Carolina on a secret mission on the eve of the Civil War. (From Chapter 4) "They will not fire! They dare not!" cried Shepard in a tense,...
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LibriVox recording of The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry by Samuel H. Fletcher; D. H. Fletcher. Read for English by Paul Hampton. The purpose of this sketch is to keep green the memory of that little band of men known as Company A, of the Second Illinois Cavalry, who fought in the Civil War. (From the Preface) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for...
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LibriVox recording of The Rock of Chickamauga by Joseph A. Altsheler. Read in English by ; Jeff K.; Lee Smalley; Lynne Thompson; Mike Pelton "The Rock of Chickamauga," presenting a critical phase of the great struggle in the west, is the sixth volume in the series, dealing with the Civil War, of which its predecessors have been "The Guns of Bull Run," "The Guns of Shiloh," "The Scouts of Stonewall," "The Sword of Antietam" and "The Star of...
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LibriVox recording of Sherman’s Military Lessons Of The American Civil War, From His Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman. Read in English by David Wales This librivox recording comprises chapter 25 (Conclusion – Military Lessons Of The War) of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs, published in 1875. Sherman was one of the premier generals fighting for the North. He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs, one of the best-known...
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LibriVox recording of The Complete Works of Arteumus Ward Part 2, War. by Jefferson B. Browne. Read in English by Delmar H Dolbier Charles Farrar Browne, a native of Maine, became known as a writer and lecturer under the name of Artemus Ward. Like his friend Mark Twain, Browne worked as a type-setter in his youth and in 1858, began publishing a series of letters, essays, and stories told in the first person by a droll, illiterate rube with a good measure of subtle common sense who commented on...
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LibriVox recording of Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61, by Abner Doubleday. Read by FNH. Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents connected with the first conflict of the Rebellion. Of the eleven officers who took part in the events herein narrated, but four now survive. Before the hastening years shall have partially obliterated many circumstances from my memory, and while...
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LibriVox recording of The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 by Ida M. Tarbell. Read by Ciufi Galeazzi Volume 2 of Ida Tarbell's biography of Lincoln begins at chapter 22 with Lincoln's first inauguration, and ends with an account of his funeral. The volume also includes a lengthy appendix which contains, in chronological order, letters. telegrams and speeches of Lincoln which had not been previously published. Tarbell, in addition to her famous work in investigative journalism (in particular,...
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LibriVox recording of Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan. (Translated by J. D. Duff.) Read in English by volunteer readers. Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili , more generally known as the Pharsalia , is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. The title given by posterity to the poem refers to the Battle of Pharsalus, which took place in 48 BC near the city of Pharsalus, in Thessaly. The work is important as an example of Roman...
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LibriVox recording of The Rover Vol. 01 No. 17 by Seba Smith; Lawrence Labree. Read in English by Greg Giordano; Brize C; Alan Mapstone; JayS; Faithann Gibson; Jim Locke "The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound...
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LibriVox recording of President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation, by Henry Watson Wilbur. Read by Guero. A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude toward slavery and emancipation. (Summary by Guero) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording....
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LibriVox recording of Angels of the Battlefield by George Barton. Read in English by Larry Wilson; John; Ciufi Galeazzi; Kristine Bekere; Indu Nair; Michael Fassio; Kathleen Moore; Beau Wood; Rita Boutros; Paul Thomas; Chuck Williamson; Nemo; shelleturner; realisticspeakers "Angels of the Battlefield: A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War" chronicles the compassionate services of these dedicated women during the bitter and bloody U.S. Civil War....
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LibriVox recording of Ulysses S. Grant, by Owen Wister. Read by David Wales. Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories of the Old West, but he also wrote a substantial body of nonfiction literature. (Summary by David Wales) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or...
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